HRI SERIES
GULF COAST STUDIES SERIES
HRI ELECTRONIC BOOKS

The Harte Research Institute inaugurated the HRI Book Series in 2007 patterned after the successful Gulf Coast Studies Series started by TAMU-CC in 2001. Both series are published by Texas A&M University Press and can be purchased from TAMU Press, Barnes and Noble or the University Bookstore. Ocean Circulation is an electronic book available for download.

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HRI SERIES

The new HRI Series will focus more on the entire Gulf of Mexico or a large regional area of the Gulf, and these books will be those authored by HRI scientists or will be on HRI sponsored projects. HRI Associate Director Dr. Wes Tunnell is the general editor for both of these book series, which produce at least one book per year. The first book in this series is:

• Coral Reefs of the Southern Gulf of Mexico (2007) by John W. Tunnell, Jr., Ernesto A. Chávez, and Kim Withers (eds.)

Inquiries and Submissions

Manuscripts from any discipline concerning the entire Gulf of Mexico or a large portion of it will be considered. If you think your manuscript or book idea fits into the series, contact series editor Dr. Wes Tunnell. To submit a proposal, send an overview of your project, an outline of chapters, and one or two sample chapters if they are available. A suggested proposal outline may be found on the web at Texas A&M University Press.

General information about TAMU Press, a Guide for Authors, and a complete listing of all Press books may be found at TAMU Press.

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GULF COAST STUDIES SERIES

The Gulf Coast Studies Series published by TAMU Press and edited by HRI's Associate Director Dr. Wes Tunnell focuses attention on the region around the Gulf of Mexico with special emphasis on the Texas Gulf Coast. Manuscripts concerning topics relevant to the Gulf and the coastal zone for roughly 50 miles inland ... including art, history, government, economics, archaeology, maritime studies, natural history, natural resources, or science ... are invited for consideration.

One of the latest book to be added to the Gulf Coast Studies Series, Texas Coral Reefs, focuses on the Flower Garden Banks, a group of coral reefs located beneath the waters of the Gulf of Mexico about 110 miles south of the Texas-Louisiana border. This expansive coral community, the northernmost reef system in the U.S. and a national marine sanctuary, supports an exceptional amount and variety of sea life in Texas waters. These reefs, equal in their profusion of life and color to the storied reefs of Florida and Hawaii, have not been widely known to Texans outside of a small group of scientists and divers. With a forward by Chair of the HRI Advisory Council Dr. Sylvia Earle the book is written by Jesse Concelmo. Read More at TAMU Press

The Gulf Coast Studies Series contains 15 books:
Click on a book title to buy online at TAMU Press

• After Ike: Aerial Views from the No-Fly Zone (2009) by Bryan Carlile
• Storm Over the Bay: The People of Corpus Christi and Their Port (2009) by Mary Jo O'Rear
• The Louisiana Coast (2008) by G.M. Gomez
• Fishes of the Texas Laguna Madre (2008) by David A. McKee
• Texas Coral Reefs (2008) by Jesse Cancelmo
• Finding Birds on the Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail (2007) by Ted Eubanks et al.
• The Formation and Future of the Upper Texas Coast (2006) J. B. Anderson
• Birdlife of Houston, Galveston, and the Upper Texas Coast (2006) T. L. Eubanks, Jr., R. A. Behrstock, and R. J. Weeks
• Crossing the Rio Grande (2006) L. G. Gómez
• Plants of the Texas Coastal Bend (2005) R. L. Lehman, R. O'Brien, and T. White
• Galveston Bay (2005) S. E. Antrobus
• Life on Matagorda Island (2004) by Wayne H. McAlister
• The Book of Texas Bays (2004) by Jim Blackburn
• Designing the Bayous (2004) by Martin Reuss
• Fishing Yesterday’s Gulf Coast (2002) by Barney Farley
• The Laguna Madre of Texas and Tamaulipas (2002) by John W. Tunnell and Frank J. Judd
• Lighthouses of Texas (2001) by T. Lindsay Baker

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ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS OF THE GULF OF MEXICO
English translation
AN ELECTRONIC BOOK AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD

Working with the Instituto Nacional de Ecología (INE) in Mexico which published the original version of this important body of work in 2004, HRI has published an English translation of the original Spanish manuscript called The Environmental Analysis of the Gulf of Mexico.

The project came about when HRI Associate Director Dr. Wes Tunnell and INE President Exequiel Ezcurra made an agreement to publish this important and highly relevant work in English. The two-volume publication contains information and new knowledge about the Gulf that until now was not readily available to scientists, managers and policy makers in the United States.

The two volumes contain 38 chapters grouped in five sections. The new English edition of this environmental analysis will be made widely available to U.S. scientists, students, educators and natural resource managers. It was edited by Dr. Kim Withers and Dr. Marion Nipper.

Following is a list of each of the 38 chapters. Click on a link to download the PDF document.

E-BOOK CHAPTERS IN PDF DOWNLOADS
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		PREFACE TO E-BOOK  (14 page PDF 445 KB)
Part One: The Physical Chemistry of the Gulf of Mexico
1		The Hydrodynamics of the Gulf of Mexico, M.A. Monreal-Gomez, D. A. Salas-de-Leon & H. Velasco-Mendoza
2		Descriptive Analysis of Masses of Ocean Water that Arrive to the Gulf of Mexico, A.M. Vázquez de la Cerda
3		Physical and Chemical Characteristics of the Gulf of Mexico, G. de Lanza Espino and J.C. Gomez Rojas
Part Two: The Biota of the Gulf of Mexico
4		Marine Mammals of the Gulf of Mexico: Current Knowledge and Recommendations for their Conservation, J.G. Ortega-Ortiz, A. Delgado-Estrella and A. Ortega-Argueta
5		Benthic Ostracods from the Southern Gulf of Mexico, M.L. Machain-Castillo and R. Gío-Argáez
6		Marine Turtles of the Gulf of Mexico: Abundance, Distribution and Protection, R. Márquez-M., J. Díaz-F., V. Guzmán-H, R. Bravo-G. and M. del Carmen Jimenez-Q
7		Current Knowledge of Benthic Communities in the Gulf of Mexico, E. Escobar Briones
8		Biology, Exploitation and Management of Groupers and Snappers in the Gulf of Mexico, T. Brule, T. Colas-Marrufo, E. Perez-Díaz and C. Déniel
9		Birds of the Gulf of Mexico and the Priority Areas for their Conservation, J.D. Gallardo, E. Velarde and R. Arreola
10		Current State of Molluscan Resources of the Gulf of Mexico, E.R. Baqueiro Cárdenas
Part Three: Ecosystems of the Gulf of Mexico
11		The Gulf of Mexico – Past, Present and Future: A United States, Mexico, and Cuba Collaboration, J. W. Tunnell, Jr., D.L. Felder and S.A. Earle
12		Coastal Lagoons and Estuaries of the Gulf of Mexico: Toward the Establishment of Ecological Indicators, F. Contreras E. and O. Castañeda L.
13		Impacts of Urbanization on Coastal Zones. Case Study: Altamira-Madero-Tampico Conjoined Area, Tamaulipas, Mexico, S. Jiménez, W. Salinas and J. Campos
14		Estuary-Sea Ecological Interactions: A Theoretical Framework for the Management of Coastal Environment, A. Yáñez-Arancibia, A.L. Lara-Dominguez, P. Sánchez-Gil and J.W. Day
15		Beaches and Dunes of the Gulf of Mexico: A View of the Current Situation, P. Moreno-Casasola
16		Flora and Vegetation of Freshwater Wetlands in the Coastal Zones of the Gulf of Mexico, A. Lot
17		Coral Reefs of the Gulf of Mexico: Characterization and Diagnosis, E. Jordán-Dahlgren
18		Environmental Geology of the Coastal Zone, A. Carranza-Edwards, L. Rosales-Hoz, M. Caso Chávez and E. Morales de la Garza
19		Marine Ecosystems in the Northwestern Region of Cuba, G. González-Sansón and C. Aguilar-Betancourt
Part Four: Management of the Coastal Zone of the Gulf
20		Conservation Prospects in the Gulf of Mexico, R. de la Maza and A. Bernardez
21		Hydrocarbons in the South of the Gulf of Mexico, G. Gold Bouchet
22		Metals Distribution and Contamination in the Gulf of Mexico, A. Vázquez-Botello, S. Villanueva-Fragoso and L. Rosales-Hoz
23		Exploitation and Conservation of Shrimp Resources, A. Gracia
24		The Sustainability of the Gulf of Mexico’s Fishing Grounds, A. Díaz-de-Leon, J.I. Fernández, P. Álvarez-Torres, O. Ramirez-Flores and L.G. López-Lemus
25		Fishing in the Gulf of Mexico: Towards Greater Biomass in Exploitation, V. Arenas Fuentes and L. Jiménez Badillo
26		Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico, N. Rabalais
27		The Reproductive Condition of the White Shrimp: Evidence of Environmental Deterioration in the Southern Gulf of Mexico, C. Rosas, E.L. Cooper, D. Pascual, R. Brito, R. Gelabert, T. Moreno, G. Miranda and A. Sánchez
28		Coastal Eutrophication in the Yucatán Peninsula, J.A. Herrera-Silveira, N. Aranda Cirerol, L. Troccoli Ghinaglia, F.A. Comín and C. Madden
29		The Mississippi Delta: System Functioning, Environmental Impacts and Sustainable Management, J. Day, P. Templet, J.Y. Ko, W. Mitsch, G.P. Kemp, J. Johnston, G. Steye, J. Barra, D. Justic, E. Clairain and R. Theriot
30		Observation of Impacts in the Gulf of Mexico Through Satellite Imagery, R. Aguirre Gómez
31		Guidelines for the Regional Integrated Coastal Zone Management Program of the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean, D. Zárate Lomelí, A. Yánez-Arancibia, J.W. Day, M Ortiz Pérez, A. Lara Domínguez, C Ojeda de la Fuente, L.J. Morales Arjona and S. Guevara Sada
32		Between Science and Politics: Incorporating the Marine, Coastal and Continental Components of the Gulf of Mexico, A. Toledo
33		Impacts of Oil and Gas Activities on Coastal Wetland Loss in the Mississippi Delta, J.Y. Ko, J. Day, J. Barras, R. Morton, J. Johnston, G. Steyer, G.P. Kemp, E. Clairain and R. Theriot
34		Towards Integrated Management of the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem, A. Díaz-de-León, P. Álvarez-Torres, R. Mendoza-Alfaro, J.I. Fernández-Méndez and O.M. Ramírez-Flores
35		Regulations in Coastal and Marine Zones, A. Vázquez García
36		Monitoring and Surveillance of Coastal Zones, J.N. Iturruaga
37		Ambivalences and Asymmetries in the Urbanization Process in the Gulf of Mexico: Environmental Pressures and Population Concentration, C. León and H. Rodriguez
38		Reinventing the Gulf of Mexico, S. Guevara Sada

OCEAN CIRCULATION
AN ELECTRONIC BOOK AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD

VOLUME I - A Review of the Deep Water Circulation
by William J Schmitz Jr., Research Scientist
Conrad Blucher Institute, TAMU-CC
May 2003

Abstract:
This is the initial volume in a comparatively wide-ranging review of present knowledge of the circulation processes in the Gulf of Mexico.

Volume I is focused on the large-scale low-frequency deep-water current structures in the Gulf and on identifying in a preliminary way interactions of these circulation patterns (typically referred to as the general circulation) with the flow regimes on continental shelves (typically referred to as coastal circulations).

Volume II is primarily concerned with coastal circulations, including their remote forcing and considering shelf-estuarine interactions.

This review will attempt to expose and synthesize the physical oceanographic idea and publication base for the Gulf, as an aid in becoming familiar with what has been done, and not, what is known, and not known.

The audience envisioned would include scientists and engineers and students who are specialists in other fields, perhaps especially marine scientists in other disciplines, as well as members of the general public with a technical inclination, and could be used as a supplemental text. The results discussed and synthesized and critiqued could also be of interest to professional physical oceanographers.

Book's electronic files:

Cover (pdf 39.0 KB)

Table of Contents (pdf 43.0 KB)

Abstract

Chapter 1: An Initial Survey

Chapter 2: General Circulation - Gulf of Mexico

Chapter 3: Shelf-Gulf Interactions - An Introduction

Chapter 4: Summary Remarks

Appendix A: A Literature Review - Primarily Deep Water

Appendix B: Reference List (pdf 278 KB)

Appendix C: Observations and Numerical Experiments

Appendix D: The Gulf of Mexico in the Atlantic and Global Oceans